Marriachi Band Marks Marks our Halfway Point Through P1... Already!

I cannot stress enough how fast time flies over here... If there is one thing I know I am learning as I go, it's time management. Alas, it has always proven to be a development opportunity for me, but I must say I feel I am already conquering it! I, like many others here, am allocating the scarce resource of time in the most efficient way to optimize results (you can tell I have been listening carefully to Nikos, my Microeconomics Prof!)... Between lectures, group work, individual homework, rugby workouts, parties.. ummm I mean networking, the week just flies by, leaving the slow-paced behind.

The fun has already started... the class reps have been elected, and I was elected one of two career reps for my section. The role is very flexible, and is basically a link between the student body, and the Career Services team at INSEAD. We had our kick-off meeting today with the CS team here, and yet again, it promises to be an interesting year ahead with all the activities being planned on that front. The social reps of the class have been pretty busy keeping us entertained, the IT rep has been running around taking complaints from the section, and the Academic reps have already been approached by a couple of us on several issues involving scheduling of readings and their consolidation, in addition to the different definitions of Free Cash Flow in Financial Accounting and Financial Markets and Valuations courses. Not exactly for the faint-hearted!

This week will also fly by, but when it does, i will not be hitting another Chateau party, or crashing a Le Shaker night... I will rather be visiting London to celebrate my baby sis Noor's birthday, and play with the UNDEFEATED IRFC Rugby club to play a tournament against LBS...

It is Latin week at INSEAD, and the activities include Capoeira demos, Latin American food in the cafeteria, tapas at the bar, a Mariachi band storming lecture halls throughout the day (!), and margarita and tequila tasting sessions (AFTER classes)...

PS. The only thing bugging me so far is that i have been horrible at staying in touch with many of my dearest friends... No excuses, but I have already changed phones twice and lost a bunch of numbers... I WILL reach out asking you for your numbers again... Miss all y'all! Cheers MooN